The embedded NaviKey applet is working in the following web browsers or web browser versions:
Mozilla Firefox up to v. 51, Firefox ESR (32-bit), and MS Internet Explorer. In case that NaviKey is
not supported by your system configuration (MS Windows, Linux or Mac OS X, with Mozilla Firefox installed),
upgrade your installation by the respective version of
Mozilla Firefox ESR (32-bit).

LIAS metabolites – Identification of lichen substances

To run the applet, the most recent version of
Java™ Runtime Environment
needs to be downloaded and installed first. Mac OS X users may load
Java for Mac OS X.
For usage of the context menu, Java v. 6.0 or above is required. The address of this web site
(http://lias.net)
needs to be included in the list of allowed sites of the web browser's pop-up blocker settings. Detailed instructions are provided further below.

If the LIAS metabolite database has been of some use in your work, please consider to cite it as follows:
Elix, J. A., Kalb K., Rupprecht J., Schobert, R. 2012 onwards [last visited: 2018-08-15].
LIAS metabolites – A Database for the Rapid Identification of Secondary Metabolites of Lichens (ed. Rambold, G.). – liaslight.lias.net/Identification/Navikey/Metabolites/.

New: Elix, J. A. 2014. A Catalogue of Standardized Chromatographic Data and Biosynthetic Relationships for Lichen Substances.
Third Edition. Published by the author, Canberra. Now available at ANBG:
download pdf – 2 MB.

top right –
Character states
or
numeric data panel: preselection of states of the selected character. For selecting more than one character state at the same time, press the
<CTRL>
button plus the respective character states. (To finalize the query for a selected character, click the
<Select>
or
<Add>
menu button and then persue the identification process with another character.)

bottom left –
Query criteria panel: display of previous character state selections. It is possible to deselect a previous choice by selecting it and subsequently pressing the
<Remove Selection>
button.

bottom right –
Matching items panel: display of matching items (selecting any item will bring up a complete description of that item).

For offline usage of LIAS metabolites data, download
NaviKey
and keep yourself updated with the most recent
LIAS metabolites data
files. Unpack the data files and copy them into the local ../NaviKey_xxx/DeltaSampleData/ directory.